Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, addresses the general debate of the sixty-seventh session of the General Assembly, seen here in an image released by the United Nations.UN Photo/Jennifer S Altman/Sipa

A cameraman working for Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is seeking US asylum after courageously slipping away from the bombastic leader’s entourage in New York, the defector’s lawyer said today.

Hassan Gol Khanban’s bold dash for freedom was coordinated with his wife and two daughters, who fled Tehran, also last week, according to immigration lawyer Paul O’Dwyer.

“We’re in the process of trying to get them to the US now,” said O’Dwyer, declining to say where exactly Khanban and his family currently are staying.

Khanban came to New York with Ahmadinejad for the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

“He seems to have a very strong claim,” O’Dwyer said of his client’s asylum application.

O’Dwyer declined to reveal any details on how Khanban managed to slip away from Ahmadinejad’s traveling party.

The cameraman is believed to be in his 40s.

It’s unknown how long the asylum application will take to be processed by the feds.